testify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. ambitransitive
    — It was only after a decade away from Skipton that I was finally able to garner the courage to return and testify against my abuser.
  2. To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith. ambitransitive
    — We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
  3. To be evidence of. ambitransitive
    — "Iberian-Sardinian" substrate features have been posited time and time again. These have usually been explained as testifying to a migration from the Iberian Peninsula to Sardinia in prehistoric times.

词形变化

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词汇关系

近义词
bear witness
衍生词
retestify testifiable testifiee testilie testilying untestified untestifying
相关词
attest testimony testimonial compel testimony

词源

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testificārī (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy.
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